I'm a Senior Data Analyst at Stillfront. In my free time I do research in political science and political communication. I have a BA in Political Science from the University of Hamburg.
Research
- Beyond anti-elitism and out-group attacks: how concerns shape the AfD's populist representation on German TikTok during the 2024 European elections Meyer, Niemann-Lenz, Rodeck & Revers. Information, Communication & Society, 2025.
- Digital Micro Publics: The Building Blocks of Publicness under Platformized Conditions Niemann-Lenz, Revers, Meyer & Rodeck. DGPuK Communication and Politics annual conference, Hamburg, February 2026.
- Love, Loathing, and Loyalty: Affective Counterpublics on German Political TikTok in the Run-up to the 2025 Federal Election Niemann-Lenz, Rodeck, Revers & Meyer. DGPuK Communication and Politics annual conference, Hamburg, February 2026.
Projects
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Media coverage of the 2015/2016 refugee crisis
Sentiment, topics and the people and parties named in news coverage, using NLP.
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#politics: Germany's TikTok landscape
Political content on German TikTok around elections: videos, creators and party accounts.
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Exploring Hamburg's urban capabilities
Maps of amenities and transit access across Hamburg, built in R from OpenStreetMap and GTFS data.
Blog
- Where organised violence settles A world forecast of how likely and how sustained organised violence is in 2026–2035, and a test of whether resources, shipping routes and great-power rivalry explain where it happens.
- How a youth protest became a migration story German coverage of the Gen Z regelt protests: from rents and schools to the Frankfurt riots and the dispute over Dobrindt's "migrantische Milieus".
- The AfD at the gates of power How outlets covered the AfD's win in Sachsen-Anhalt, and why it drew half the extremism language the Berlin Left did.
- The Berlin Left in the news How German online outlets covered Die Linke from the summer through the Berlin election, Elif Eralp's Spiegel interview and the row over Vanessa Emde.
Contact
© 2026 Lasse Rodeck